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Submissions for ZFF’s competition program are now open The 22nd edition of Zagreb Film Festival will be held from the 4th to the 10th of November, and traditionally, its competition program will feature films by new international and domestic authors. Submissions for ZFF’s competition program are now open; the deadline for submissions for the international feature and […]

Moments of relaxation from family obligations, outings and indulgence in food and drink at Christmastime are a great opportunity for watching a quality Croatian film. To help you do that, here’s a list of our holiday-themed recommendations. All the Best   The fourth feature film by director Snježana Tribuson is certainly the most well-known domestic […]

Film recommendations for Valentine’s Day Just like many other things in life, making films is often inspired by love. Anyone can fall in love, but only the rare few are able to express it. There are so many things at play, from the uniqueness of each relationship, to the myriad of social conventions about these […]

Croatian film online and all in one place! Internet platform croatian.film, which has brought together domestic short films, is expanding its offer to include feature and mid-length Croatian works, so from now on the audience will be able to enjoy a range of Croatian titles of different formats and genres, including festival hits and award-winning […]

Love column by Valentina Lisak Filmologists David Bordwell, Janet Staiger and Kristin Thompson once postulated that there are at least two narrative strands in classical Hollywood film that bind a single group of characters, of which one almost invariably includes a heterosexual romance. Analyzing a sample of 100 films made between 1915 and 1960, they […]

New column by Jelena Pašić  Excursion. A short journey or outing made into the countryside for leisure and recreation.  This dictionary definition of “excursion” is quite paradigmatic in the contemporary context. The all-embracing acceleration of the urban way of life often reduces our existence to a series of somewhat automated, inevitably predictable activities. Getting up, […]

Interview with filmmaker of the month – August 2020. Film director 1. How do you see short film? What does it mean for you?  Short film is a lovely artistic form. 2. Why does short film matter? What are its greatest strengths and virtues?  I do not think it is highly important, but it is definitely […]

New column by Jelena Pašić The modern(ist) (megalo)polis and the film medium are semantically inextricably linked, therefore, it is not accidental that the development of both has occurred not only in parallel, but in continual symbiosis. At the onset of the 20th century, the urban milieu, as a spatial framework for the materialization of the […]

Interview with filmmaker of the month – June 2020. Selector of Motovun Shorts, Buzz@Teen and Beldocs, ZFF Industry Program Coordinator 1. How do you see short film? What does it mean to you?  An excellent short film is like an explosion – it is over so quickly but it leaves a lasting impression. I believe […]

Interview with filmmaker of the month – May 2020. Producer of World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb  “Short film is a wondrous – and to a hyperactive like me – a favorite film form! I know that many people see the short form as a “practice run” for feature-length film, but for me, […]

New column by Jelena Pašić In place of a synopsis As the western world joyously awaits the arrival of the New Year amidst buoyant holiday cheer, a handful of doctors in the capital of the Hubei province in China exchange messages about the mysterious new virus rapidly taking patients’ lives. However, their attempts to handle […]

Films at platform reach 50 thousand views We are exceptionally pleased to announce that Croatian short films have been viewed 50 thousand times since the platform launch. We are also recording a high number of visits to the platform, with a total of 68 thousand unique users, who have visited the website 400 thousand times. […]

The platform currently includes around forty film titles which comprised a part of Europa Cinema’s repertory between 2009 and 2019 For the 95th birthday of Zagreb’s iconic Europa Cinema (8 April) a platform under the name Kino Europa Online  was launched, streaming contemporary international auteur film, the backbone of the cinema’s listing from 2008 to […]

Interview with filmmaker of the month – April 2020. Director of Kino Mediteran and the Mediterranean Film Festival Split and President of the Croatian Independent Cinemas Network   “For me, short film is a veritable cinematic feast in small packaging. Short film is most commonly associated with young authors, but it truly takes a lot […]

New column by Jelena Pašić If we were to roll back the historical timeline of the celluloid film strip, we would find, in fact since its very beginnings, echoes of class and gender relations that have been recorded on film in different ways and have affected our understanding of the film medium itself. The Lumière […]